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Violent clashes erupted between Arab and Mozabite communities in Ghardaia on [Thursday 10 July]. Theviolenceturned into extensive acts of arson which targeted houses and commercial premises and led to the destruction of property. The violence led to scores of people injured, eight arrested, seven motorbikes and cold steel weapons seized and hundreds, maybe thousands, of people having to beak their fast because of the teargas which was used to stop the violence. A motorcyclist was killed. |